Oenanthe deserti | UAE National Red List of Birds

Taxa
Oenanthe deserti | (Temminck, 1825)
Publication
UAE National Red List of Birds
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Birds
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is common during migration and winter between September and early May. It is rarely recorded in other months (Pedersen et al. 2017). Birds wintering in or migrating through the UAE breed from Kashmir to central China (Jennings 2010).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species occurs in a variety of flat, open habitats, including scrubby desert and semi-desert, grassland, barren stony areas, scrubby saltflats, coastal dunes and cultivations (Richardson 1990, Jennings 2010, Aspinall and Porter 2011). It avoids densely vegetated and wooded areas, rocky areas and urban developments (Jennings 2010). It feeds on invertebrates and seeds, and is able to tolerate arid environments where no drinking water is available (Jennings 2010, Collar 2016). The species is migratory and breeds in late spring and early summer in southern central Asia.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a large non-breeding population size relative to many other species that occur in the UAE, and in the absence of any information regarding the population trend the species is assessed here as Least Concern as it is not thought to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
It is unlikely that this species faces any significant threats, although overgrazing outside of Protected Areas potentially could have an impact.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
It is assessed that in 1996, the national Red List status of this species would have been the same as in this assessment.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Oenanthe deserti Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Muscicapidae Oenanthe